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From memory Allan is correct, you need to configure the Tx for the type of battery you are using. I removed the battery for charging as I believed that LiFe requires a specific charging regime, with my charging of the battery done via an external charger set specifically for LiFe type batteries. The LiFe batteries last for a long time in my Tx, I have never found external charging to be a problem, although I do take a second battery with me as a spare. (Never had to use it). However, I am no expert and others more knowledgable may correct my procedures and assumptions

I have successfully used a LiFe battery in my T8FG. However it MUST be removed from the TX for charging. I purchased the battery from HobbyKing, Zippy 2500 6.6 volt %c Rx series On a bar code is 2200008691158 Hope this assists you.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/your-news/drone-footage-flooding-taieri-0   or: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci6EFWltAPk   This is the result of a massive rain storm on Friday/ Saturday which delivered over a months rain in a day! Guess it is building time.

Marital Misunderstanding How men and women record things in their diaries... Wife’s Diary: Tonight, I thought my husband was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a nice restaurant for dinner. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment on it. Conversation wasn’t flowing, so I suggested that we go somewhere quiet so we could talk. He agreed, but he didn’t say much. I asked him what was wrong; He said, ‘Nothing.’ I asked him if it was my fault that he was upset. He said he wasn’t upset, that it had nothing to do with me, and not to worry about it. On the way home, I told him that I loved him. He smiled slightly, and kept driving. I can’t explain his behavior. I don’t know why he didn’t say, ‘I love you, too.’ When we got home, I felt as if I had lost him completely, as if he wanted nothing to do with me anymore. He just sat there quietly, and watched TV. He continued to seem distant and absent. Finally, with silence all around us, I decided to go to bed. About 15 minutes later, he came to bed. But I still felt that he was distracted, and his thoughts were somewhere else. He fell asleep; I cried. I don’t know what to do. I’m almost sure that his thoughts are with someone else. My life is a disaster. Husband’s Diary: A one-foot putt ... who misses a one-foot putt.

Thank you for drawing my attention to this magnificent series again. I really enjoyed the series when it was shown on TV in the 70s. I had to watch it in Black and White back then as we did not have a colour TV in those days, so viewing it in colour for the first time is an extra treat. I have watched S1E1 and can't wait to move on through the series. Thank you again.

While on a road trip, an elderly couple stopped at a roadside restaurant for lunch. After finishing their meal, they left the restaurant and resumed their trip. When leaving, the elderly woman unknowingly left her glasses on the table, and she didn’t miss them until they had been driving for about forty minutes. To add to the aggravation, they had to travel quite a distance before they could find a place to turnaround, in order to return to the restaurant to retrieve her glasses. All the way back, the elderly husband became the classic grumpy old man, he fussed and complained and scolded his wife relentlessly during the entire return drive. The more he chided her, the more agitated he became, he just wouldn’t let up for a single minute. To her relief they finally arrived back at the restaurant. As the woman got out of the car and hurried inside to retrieve her glasses, the old geezer yelled at her, ‘while your in there you might as well get my hat and the credit card!’

Vegetarian is an old Indian word for a poor hunter.

Joe, a notoriously bad golfer, hits his ball off the first tee and watches as it slices to the right and disappears through an open window. Figuring that’s the end of it, he gets another ball out of his bag and plays on. On the eighth hole, a policeman walks up to Joe and says, “Did you hit a golf ball through a window back there?” Joe says, “Yes I did.” “Well,” says the police officer, “it knocked a lamp over, scaring the dog, which raced out of the house on to the road. A driver rammed into a wall to avoid the dog, sending three people to hospital. And it’s all because you sliced the ball.” “Oh my goodness,” says Joe, “is there anything I can do?” “Yes there is,” the cop says. “Try keeping your head down and close up your stance a bit.”

A Hill Billy boy and his father were in a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again. The boy asked, "What is this Father?" The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, "Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life, I don't know what it is." While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a fat old lady in a wheel chair moved up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched the small circular numbers above the walls light up sequentially. They continued to watch until it reached the last number and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order. Finally the walls opened up again and a gorgeous 24 year old blonde stepped out. The father said quietly to his son, "Go get your mother."

Two 90-year old guys, Leo and Frank, had been friends all of their lives. When it was clear that Leo was dying, Frank visited him every day. One day Frank said, “Leo, we both loved playing softball all our lives, and we played all through High School. Please do me one favour when you get to Heaven. Somehow you must let me know if there's softball there.” Leo looked up at Frank from his deathbed and said, “Frank, you've been my best friend for many years. If it's at all possible, I'll do this favour for you.” Shortly after that, Leo passed on. A few nights later, Frank was awakened from a sound sleep by a blinding flash of white light and a voice calling out to him, “Frank! Frank!” “Who is it?” asked Frank sitting up suddenly. “Who is it?” “Leo. It's me, Leo.” “You're not Leo! Leo just died.” “I'm telling you, it's me, Leo”, insisted the voice. “Leo! Where are you?” “In Heaven,” replied Leo. “I have some really good news and a little bad news.” “Tell me the good news first,” said Frank. “The good news,’ Leo said, “is that there's softball in Heaven. Better yet, all of our old buddies who died before us are here, too. Better than that, we're all young again. Better still, it's always springtime, and it never rains or snows. And best of all, we can play softball all we want, and we never get tired.” “That's fantastic,” said Frank. “It's beyond my wildest dreams! So what's the bad news?” “You're pitching Tuesday.”

Last night I was sitting on the sofa watching TV when I heard my wife's voice from the kitchen, 'what do you feel like for dinner my love ......... chicken, beef or lamb?' I said, ' chicken please'. She replied, 'You're having soup you, I was talking to the cat!

A kangaroo kept getting out of his enclosure at the zoo. Knowing that he could hop pretty high, the zoo officials put up an 8-foot fence. The next morning, however, the kangaroo was out again, idly roaming around the zoo. The zoo officials raised the height of the fence to ten feet. Again, however, the next morning the kangaroo was again roaming about the zoo. This kept on, night after night, until the fence was 20 feet high. Finally, the camel in the next enclosure asked the kangaroo, "How high do you think they'll go?" The kangaroo replied, "Who knows? Maybe 50 feet. Unless somebody starts locking the gate at night."

Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself,'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin..' - Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter) <><> I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: - 'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.' - Eleanor Roosevelt<><> Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.. - Mark Twain <><> The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible - George Burns <><> Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year. - Victor Borge <><> Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - Mark Twain <><> By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. - Socrates <><> I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. - Groucho Marx <><> My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. - Jimmy Durante <><> I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back. - Zsa Zsa Gabor <><> Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. - Alex Levine <><> My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying. - Rodney Dangerfield <><> Money can't buy you happiness .... But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. - Spike Milligan <><> Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP. - Joe Namath <><> I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap. - Bob Hope <><> I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.. - W. C. Fields <><> We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. - Will Rogers <><> Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. - Winston Churchill <><> Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty .. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out.. - Phyllis Diller <><> By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere. - Billy Crystal

After being married for 50 years, I took a careful look at my wife one day and said, "Fifty years ago we had a cheap house, a junk car, slept on a sofa-bed and watched a 10-inch black and white TV. But hey I got to sleep every night with a hot 23-year-old girl. Now ... I have a $750,000 home, a $45,000 car, a nice big bed and a large screen TV, but I'm sleeping with a 73-year-old woman. So I said to my wife "it seems to me that you're not holding up your side of things." My wife is a very reasonable woman. She told me to go out and find a hot 23-year-old girl and she would make sure that I would once again be living in a cheap house, driving a junk car, sleeping on a sofa bed and watching a 10-inch black and white TV. Aren't older women great? They really know how to solve an old guy's problems!

…….As she sat by him, he whispered, his eyes full of tears, "You know what? You have been with me all through the bad times. When I got fired, you were there to support me. When my business failed, you were there. When I got shot, you were by my side. When we lost the house, you stayed right here. When my health started failing, you were still by my side... You know what Martha?" "What dear?" she gently asked, smiling as her heart began to fill with warmth. "I'm beginning to think you're bad luck."

I was sitting in the Grandstand watching the All Blacks play Wales some years ago. Eden Park was packed and the only vacant seat in the main stand was right next to me. The elderly man in the next seat along told me that he and his wife had these seats for every All Black game at Eden Park since 1953. However he said that she had passed away and he was on his own now. I said to him "did no one else in the Family or friends want to come with you toda and see the All Blacks and Wales"? He said "No, a couple of them wanted to but they felt they should really go to her funeral".

Hi LHR Dave, from my building experience get that wash out right, it does have a huge affect when flying re stalling. Once with a stubborn wash out that was not correct I used a heat gun and heated both sides of the covering and twisted the wing in the desired direction as the covering cools. I over twisted in the amount of wash out required so when it inevitably straighten a little on cooling the desired wash out emained. (Two people are useful for this) I also have a flash temp controlled heat gun so can you set the temp on so the covering will get hot but I don't burn holes in it. If this doesn't do the trick I guess it is cut appropriate glued joints in the wing to give the required washout and then reglue the joints in the proper position. Make sure the washout stays in place over time and does not straighten out. I had today lined to work on the glider all day, but it looks as if I might have to assist my wife with a very tricky situation at her work, that may involve a 6 hour journey out into the country. There is always tomorrow!!! Mean while I sit here in my good clothes waiting to see if I am needed. I will post some pics shortly of 'Red Eagle', all I have so far is the the rectangular section of the left hand wing, not fabulous interesting stuff. I had trouble finding the spars too, but a shop out of stock ,put me on to someone that had spars, and I cleaned them out as they only had 6 1 metre spar lengths. For some reason spruce is difficult to buy and is expensive in NZ. Often wondered why spruce is not grown here?? Cheers New Zealand David

No 8mm is to great an error to correct as you describe, also is there an error only in one direction or copying errors have occurred in both directions, or very probably a different copying error in the other direction. With all the time,effort and money to build a plane, I , anyway want to make it correctly. I believe that the designer of the plane has gone to a lot of effort and experimentation to get the plane correct, i.e. flying the best he can get it. I am quite happy to alter a plane, but it must be built correctly, before modifications are started as without a 'true' plane to test various modifications on you have no idea what caused a problem or what helped the plane fly better. I work on the 'only alter one thing at a time' school of thought, when repairing or modifying something, otherwise you don't know what you did that correct or worsened a situation. For people that still work or think in inches, 8mm, according to my maths, is around 5/16 of an inch, i.e. an error larger than 1/4 of inch. To my thinking this is a huge and unacceptable error that must be avoided. I am aware that a paper plan will stretch and shrink depending upon the weather, particularly humidity, but errors caused by changing weather would be nothing like 8mm error I experienced in my copied plan. I hope for your enjoyment of model flying that you are just being frivolous. With errors of 8mm being regarded as a trifle, any plane constructed with that degree of error in the plans being accepted are unlikely to fly well. Cheers David

Thank you for the words of encouragement Alan. I have the left hand wing completed and are slowly progressing. Apart from difficulties with transferring the images to balsa, and the inaccuracies in the copied plan which I overcame by using the original, I have no problems building so far. I am very pleased with what I have made so far. My wife and I spent a really enjoyable week in Ireland 4 years ago searching out where the distant relatives came from, around Kilkenny. Loved the accents. and everything is SO green! (Will never forget the black cab tour we made of Belfast, the tensions were beyond our comprehension, a completely different place to Ireland) I will keep you informed of progress from time to time. Cheers David (New Zealand)

Yes Rodger, I have the Ton van Munsteren thread saved and refer to the excellent photos from time to time. I am pretty pleased with how things are proceeding. Thank you for the reminder of the thread. Cheers David (from NZ)

I have made the LH wing panel, everything is fitting together like a glove, using the free plan from the RCME magazine. I am very pleased. Looks just like LHR Dave's pictures. Everything is looking very good.

Thank you for all the responses, much appreciated. I will answer all the points raised. Firstly I have been away to Christchurch at my wife's uncles funeral. (380 km 5 hour drive away) My phone decided to update everything using my rather limited data plan, with the result that all my data disappeared and I could not receive or send anything. Still thems the breaks. Vicki's uncle was 91 and had a very eventful and full life, he had 'a good innings' Andy G- The Red Eagle sounds very durable. I think the same as you, if you built it, you can repair it. ( see my reply to Piers Bowlan re using a kit, it would be great but.....postage/ freight kills that idea.) I will build it off the light weight free plan, I will cover it and be careful, it will be right Rodger Mason1- That sounds really positive, I have my Gentle lady tuned in pretty well, but it is a learners glider. I am looking forward to see how the Red Eagle performs. As an aside, after a lot a measuring the Gentle Lady angle of attack was slightly modified by lifting the rear of the wing by 1mm. That made a huge difference to how it flew. Piers Bowlan- You hit the nail on the head, postage/freight to New Zealand for anything like a kit from the UK is a killer, postage puts you off any idea of purchasing a kit, unfortunately. I did take the plan down to the local copy shop to be copied on their big printer and that is where the distortion occurred. I have had copies of house plans and the like before, and they are stamped with the message that this is a copy and all measurement are be made used using the measurements on the plan not taken directly from the plan. I suspect the distortion of large plans may be quite common. I will use the free original, cover it and be careful. It will work out fine. Well I think that covers the points raised. After a good nights sleep, I will get back into it hopefully tomorrow.

I will use the free plan as the build plan from now on. If it falls to pieces I guess I can always spend $30.00 or so and order another one from RCME. (postage is the killer!) The Red Eagle does fly well???? How would it compare to a Gentle Lady? Cheers David from New Zealand

Well more dramas with my Red Eagle construction, dramas which people need to be conscience of and tuck away in their memory banks. I made the wing ribs, perfect, very pleased with them, after the problems of the thinners photocopy method were solved. Came to place the wing together prior to glueing, and nothing fits!! The wing ribs were all approx 8 mm short. I checked the wing ribs again for size, they are perfect. Went back to the original free RCME plan, checked the ribs again, perfect. I then checked the wing on the photocopied plan with the wing on the original plan, the copy had been stretched in width, by you guessed it, 8mm. I am very lucky, the ribs were copied in a direction where they were not affected, or the ‘stretch’ was so small as to of no visible significance. I was also fortunate that I best fitted the components before starting the final assembly with glue. I am now wondering if the light weight free plan is going to be up to the rigours of assembly and construction being undertaken on it? I will cover it with plastic film, it should be OK, better being the correct size and having to tape it up in places than constructing a faulty glider. Moral. Check everything, then check again, and don’t assume a photocopy is perfect 100% copy, it may not be! Cheers David

Just went down to the local school and got the office lady to copy my copies of the Red Eagle wing ribs using the schools very normal A3 size Konica Minolta photocopier. The process works, easy as. Lesson, not all toners are the same and plans copied on a Canon plan copier won't work using this process. Thank you all for the assistance, much appreciated. Cheers (from New Zealand) David